Clare L. Arnold

June 3, 2013

Clare L. Arnold, 82, of Waterford, died Friday (May 31, 2013) at the home of her son, Alan Arnold.

She was born in Marietta, daughter of Frank and Helen Schwendeman McCullough. She graduated from Marietta High School in 1948. She was a homemaker and had been a care giver to many members of her family for many years. She was a member of St. John the Baptist Catholic Church at Churchtown and the Catholic Women's Club.

She was married June 14, 1955 to Herbert J. Arnold who died Nov. 2, 2002. She is survived by four sons, Randall Arnold and wife, Donna, of Bridgman, Michigan, Alan Arnold and wife, Darlene, of Waterford, Raymond Arnold and wife, Emma, of Indianapolis, Ind., and Russell Arnold and wife, Gail, of Waterford; 11 grandchildren; several great-grandchildren; a sister-in-law, Leona Arnold of Waterford; and several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband; and a sister, Mary Pottmeyer.

Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at St. John the Baptist Church with the Rev. Virgil Reischman officiating. Burial will be in St. John's Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. today at McCurdy Funeral Home in Beverly. A Christian wake service will be held at 3:30 p.m. today.